Tante volte ci troviamo in dilemma di capire il significato di un acronimo o abbreviazione di una terminologia medica, sopratutto se questo è un acronimo di un altra lingua. Vi elenchiamo di seguito una tabella di acronimi o abbreviazioni delle lingua inglese (la più usata negli articoli scientifici).
| AAA | Abdominal aortic aneurysm ABC airway, breathing, circulation |
| AACG | Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma |
| AAG | Anemia Aplastica Grave |
| AAII | Arti Inferiori |
| AAM | Acute Aseptic Meningitis |
| AAMI | Anterior Acute Myocardial Infarction |
| AAMS | Acute Aseptic Meningitis Syndrome |
| AASP | Acute Atrophic Spinal Paralysis |
| AASS | Arti Superiori |
| AAST | American Association for Surgery for Trauma |
| ABC | Airway, Breathing and Circulation |
| ABDO&EOAA | Air, bowel, dense, organs, and external objects alanine aminotransferase |
| ABER | Auditory Brainstein Evoked Response |
| ABG | Antibiogramma |
| ABGs | Arterial blood gases |
| ABK | Aphakic Bullous Keratopathy |
| ABMI | Autologous Bone Marrow Infusion |
| ABP | Arterial Blood Pressure |
| ABPI | Ankle–brachial pressure index |
| ABR | Potenziali Evocati Uditivi |
| ABS | Apparente Buona Salute |
| ABT | AntiBioticoTerapia |
| AC | Air conduction |
| ACA | Acrodermatite Cronica Atrofizzante |
| ACB | Aortocoronary Bypass |
| AC-COA | Acetil-Coenzima A |
| ACD | Angiocheratoma Corporeo Diffuso |
| ACE | Angiotensin-converting enzyme |
| ACAG | Acute closed-angle glaucoma |
| ACLF | Acute-on-chronic liver failure |
| ACS | Acute coronary syndrome |
| ACS–TIMI | Addition to Standard Therapy in Subjects with Acute AF Coronary Syndrome—Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction |
| ACT | Activated clotting time |
| ACTH | Adrenocorticotrophic hormone |
| ADH | Antidiuretic hormone |
| AED | Antiepileptic drugs |
| AF | Atrial fibrillation |
| AFIRE | Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Events with Rivaroxaban in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease |
| AFP | Alpha fetoprotein |
| AG | Angiography/ angioembolization |
| AIS | Abbreviated injury score |
| AKA | Above-knee amputation |
| AKI | Acute kidney injury |
| ALT | Alanine aminotransferase |
| AMI | Acute myocardial infarction |
| AMPLIFY | Apixaban for the Initial Management of Pulmonary Embolism and Deep-Vein Thrombosis as First-Line Therapy |
| AMX | Amoxicillin |
| AMX/CLA | Amoxicillin/clavulanic |
| ANA | Antinuclear antibody |
| ANNEXA-4 | |
| ANF | Antinuclear factor |
| ANCA | Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody |
| ANDI | Aberrations of normal development and involution |
| AP | Anteroposterior |
| aPCC | Activated prothrombin complex concentrates |
| APSA | American Pediatric Surgical Association |
| aPTT | |
| APTT | Activated partial thromboplastin time |
| ARDS | Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| ARISTOTLE | Apixaban for Reduction in Stroke and Other Thromboembolic Events in Atrial Fibrillation |
| ASA | American Society of Anesthesiologists |
| ASCAD | AtheroSclerotic Coronary Artery Disease |
| ASCVD | AtheroSclerotic CardioVascular Disease |
| ASD | Atrial Sept Defect |
| ASHD | AtheroSclerotic Heart Disease |
| ASPVD | AtheroSclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease |
| AST | Aspartate Aminotransferase |
| ATLANTIS | Anti-Thrombotic Strategy to Lower All Cardiovascular and Neurologic Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Events after Trans-Aortic Valve Implantation for Aortic Stenosis |
| ATLAS | Anti-Xa Therapy to Lower Cardiovascular Events in |
| ATLS | Advanced Trauma Life Support |
| ATN | Acute Tubular Necrosis |
| AUB | Abnormal Uterine Bleeding |
| AUC | Area under the curve |
| AUGUSTUS | Apixaban Versus Vitamin K Antagonist in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Coronary Syndrome and/or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention |
| AV | Arteriovenous |
| AVB | Acute variceal bleeding |
| AVB | AtrioVentricular Block |
| AVI | Aortic Valve Incompetence |
| AVM | Arteriovenous malformation |
| AVN | AtrioVentricular Node |
| AVNRT | AtrioVentricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia |
| AVRT | AtrioVentricular Reentrant Tachycardia |
| AVSD | AtrioVentricular Septal Defect |
| AVT | AtrioVentricular Tachycardia |
| AWMI | Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction |
| AXADIA | A Safety Study Assessing Oral Anticoagulation With Apixaban Versus Vitamin-K Antagonists in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) on Chronic Hemodialysis Treatment |
| AXAFA-AFNET | Anticoagulation using the direct factor Xa inhibitor apixaban during Atrial Fibrillation catheter Ablation:Comparison to vitamin K antagonist therapy—Atrial Fibrillation Network |
| AXR | Abdominal X-ray |
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